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At Bukal Life Care we are starting our first cycle of CPE the middle of this January— in Baguio City and Palawan. Our plan at this time is to have:

First Cycle: Full Unit (Intensive and Extended) Starting January

Second Cycle: Full Unit (Intensive) Starting May or June

Third Cycle: Half Unit (Intensive) Starting in June or July

Fourth Cycle: Full Unit (Intensive and Extended) Starting September

We have updated our CPE Handbook. We also have, in line with our CPE Training Center partners, increased our overall charge for training starting January 2025. Full unit is now P22,000, while Half unit is now P13,000.

In addition, we are planning to have pastoral training seminars. Some have already been identified as possible or likely in Quirino Province, Nueva Viscaya, and Mindanao.

If you have any questions or concerns, please email us at bukallife@gmail.com, or send us a message through the Contact Us page on this website.

Now that it is December 2024, we are well on the way to finalizing the CPE groups starting in January.

Here is our schedule:

Extended CPE -January13 – June 2

Intensive CPE – January 20 – April 14

If you are considering joining us, please contact us immediately using the Contact Us page on this website, or by emailing us at bukallife@gmail.com.

Note: There has been a cost increase between 2024 and 2025. Check This

October 29th we had our annual board meeting. It was a valuable time of planning for 2025. Bukal Life Care started as an idea in 2009, but had our official launching event in October 2010.

Four groups of CPE are active right now with a total of 18 trainees. All four will be finishing in the next few weeks.

November 4 and 13 we will be holding a two-part seminar in grief and loss.

January 2025 we expect to have CPE groups in Baguio and in Palawan. We are still setting up groups so if you are interested, email us at bukallife@gmail.com.

A lot of things are being planned for 2025 including—

-CPSP Plenary in March

-CPSP-PH Plenary in June

-Pastor Trainings in Quirino Province and Sarangani

-Launching of upgraded CPO program.

In 2023 we had four CPE trainees who were in their Franciscan Integration and Intensification— John, Ronn, Jayson, and Mark. This last July (2024) the four were able to take their vows.

They were kind enough to share a copy of their publication that described their program and reflections. It is a great read, and the reflections show the impact CPE has had on their spiritual and ministerial journey. They even put our brochure on the inside back cover.

We are excited for what God has for these Franciscans, as well as all of our trainees.

The copy of this publication is at our office.

Right now we are about as busy as we ever have been. We have four simultaneous CPE groups active right now. Two of them are Intensive and two are Extended. However, all four of them will complete before Christmas. Because of this, however, we don’t have a lot of other activities in the near future. However, 2025 should be busy.

October 14-15. Working with a Missionary Member Care group in training for stress defusing. We are looking forward to that.

November. Our Annual Board meeting

January 2025. We will start up CPE again. One group will be in Palawan, and AT LEAST ONE group will be in Baguio. We have actually had a number of requests. One has been to lead a CPE group for Philippine military chaplains. We have also had queries about holding CPE in Thailand. During the later Spring, we may be partnering with a program in South Korea.

Other things in 2025. We have been asked to hold more Intro to Pastoral Counseling trainings in Quirino Province. We have also been asked to do these trainings in Sarangani and General Santos.

We are continuing to work on our updated version of CPO (Clinical Pastoral Orientation). We are doing it bilingually, and have completed the first seven lessons. Hope to finish in early or mid-2025.

This is enough update for now. If you are interested in CPE in January (or later) please go to the Contact Us page on our website and… well… contact us.

September 5 and 6 our team (Bob and Celia Munson and Bhab Dicang) held training in BBCF, a Bugkalot church in Nagtipunan, Quirino. This was in partnership with the IMB and the local Bugkalot Baptist Association. We led two days of training in Pastoral Care and Counseling. It was a great visit and we had wonderful hosts. We were also able to visit friends and partners in Madella, Quirino and in Aurora Province. Looking forward to expanding this program next year.

We traveled to Los Banos, Laguna to work with a group of officers of The Salvation Army–Philippines. This is the fourth major activity where Bukal Life Care was invited to participated in leading some exercises and holding counseling. It was a great time working with this dedicated group of leaders.